Where would we be with our smartphones? Not only has golf taken over our lives, with the advent of technology, golf has taken over our smartphones as well. There are a ton of golf apps for your mobile device in the marketplace. We’ve shortlisted six here for you try.
V1 Golf
Built by Interactive Frontiers, V1 Golf is one of the oldest mobile apps available to analyse golf swings. The app allows you to record or import videos of your swing and analyse it with a host of tools and features. You can also compare your swing to the swings of PGA Tour Professionals, such as Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood.
iPhone : $4.99
Android : Free/$4.99
Hudl Technique Golf: Slow Motion Swing Analysis
Hudl Technique Golf is another swing analysis apps in the market, and allows you to record and playback your video in slow-motion. You can organize your videos as you please, drivers, irons, wedges etc. Another feature that’s unique is where you can share the video with other golfers or your coach, within the app, and receive feedback from them.
iPhone : Free
Android : Free
Golf Logix
With close to 4 million downloads, Golf Logix claims to be “the world leader in Golf GPS software since 1999.” Golf Logix has a database of over 35,000 courses professionally mapped, and provides colored 3D views. Apart from the usual distances to the front/middle/centre of greens, it can also show distances to any point on the fairway, green or layup to hazards. For paid subscribers, it also allows golfers access to their patented club tracking software.
iPhone : Free
Android : Free
Hole 19
Hole 19 offers GPS distances for over 39,000 courses across the world, although their emphasis lies in the other features they offer. One of them is where golfers can connect with their golf buddies, and share rounds, photos and stories for a better social experience on and off the course. They offer a digital scorecard as well that also helps golfers analyse their performance and track different statistics, such as GIR, Driving Accuracy, Putts, etc.
iPhone : Free
Android : Free
World Golf Tour Game
The mobile app of the web based World Golf Tour Game is as stunning as one can expect. The 3D simulation game lets you play some of the most famous courses in the world, including Pebble Beach, St. Andrews, Pinehurst No. 2, Oakmont and Bethpage Black. One of the best features they have is where you can compete with friends in a straight-up head-to-head stroke play competition.
iPhone : Free
Android : Free
Super Stickman 3
Super Stickman 3 is the latest offering in the Super Stickman series. The first two versions were splendid and this one is definitely a notch better. More than a golf game, Super Stickman 3 is actually a physics based puzzle with a golf theme, and no wonder it’s even got non-golfers hooked on to it. There are close to 300 holes to play and some of the things that you will encounter while playing are, balls that stick to walls and ceilings, and water hazards that freeze. This is one game everybody should try at least once.
iPhone : Free
Android – Not yet launched, although Super Stickman 2 is available.
